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Cycling up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
... financial markets expected to be signed in on their payrolls. Private sector employment growth also decelerated to only 50,000 workers in the month from 121,000 and less than the predicted 150,000 gain. America's economy is not creating sufficient jobs! ...

PAS taps board diversity

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
... maintain a gender diverse board as it creates a stronger focus on the superannuation gap that exists in Australia for female workers. "The unfortunate reality of Australia's superannuation system is that females lag behind their male counterparts due ...

Lift the bar on default funds: ISN

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
The Industry Super Network has called for workers' accounts not to be automatically "flipped" to more costly funds upon changing jobs - and for stricter employer guidelines when selecting workplace default funds. In its latest briefing note, ISN put ...

HESTA supports nursing awards

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
... month, the fund unveilled the inaugural HESTA Primary Health Care Awards which will pay tribute to primary health care workers. These include GPs, practice nurses, community nurses, Aboriginal health workers and allied health professionals, among others. ...

US considers retirement reforms

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... earlier, and spend 20 years in retirement," the commission said. The commission pointed out that in 1950 there were 16 workers per beneficiary, compared to a ratio of 3:1 today. It's still early days as the proposals first need to be approved by a supermajority ...

Cormann blasts ALP over default super

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... the short term, reinforcing their established long term advantage for default investment options used by 80 per cent of workers, directing the focus this way is expected to be controversial. Industry funds are also in the lead for fees and standard insurance ...

Health Super to merge with First State

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... is a multi-sector fund that covers most employees working in the public sector in NSW, including teachers, police and workers in public hospitals, ambulance services and prisons. Health Super's core membership is drawn from the health and community services ...

What ifs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
... employed Americans earned US$779.64 weekly. This translates to a total wage bill of US$40,541.28 a year. You know how many workers could be employed with US$600 billion? Do you, punk? My calculations show that this would create 14.8 million new places ...

SelectingSuper celebrates top 2010 funds

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
... recognised earlier this year with a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for his outstanding service in super and lobbying for workers' rights, has been proactively involved in the union movement for over 30 years. Meanwhile retail funds were the star ...

Workers to wear SG rise: Shorten

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
... their concerns that extra SG on top of regular wage increases will be inflationary. Government promoting the line that workers being expected to effectively absorb the SG increase is however not expected to be well received by the union movement, despite ...